This colourful, messy summer art project is perfect for summer science in the garden. As well as generally having fun we decided to investigate whether the paint would travel further if we filled the syringe to the top compared to half full.
We discussed what we thought might happen before starting and talked about what factors we needed to keep constant to make it a fair test.
Painting with Syringes – Summer Art Project
What you need for syringe painting
Paint
Syringe Painting
Roll out the paper, you’ll need it to be quite long!
Fill two syringes with different amounts of paint, we filled one to the top and one half full.
Squirt your syringes one after the other.
Observe how far the paint travels. This should be obvious by looking at the paint pattern, but you can also record the distance using a tape measure.
Setting up an investigation as a fair test
Variable
How much paint is in the syringe
Keep constant
The syringe must stay flat against the paper
Speed at which the syringe is pressed – we decided the most accurate way to do this was to have the same person press both using the same hand as fast as possible.
Type of paint.
Type of syringe
Top tip: Don’t fire the syringe into the air unless you want to make a big mess.
More Summer Art Projects
Creating splatter patterns is also a great fun summer art project.
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Last Updated on March 26, 2025 by Emma Vanstone
absolutely fab work